Item - 2022.PB35.11

The Toronto Preservation Board recommends to the Toronto and East York Community Council that:

1. City Council, in accordance with Section 41 of the Ontario Heritage Act, designate by by-law the area shown on Attachment 1 to the report (May 24, 2022) from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning, as the Parkdale Main Street Heritage Conservation District.

2. City Council adopt by by-law the Parkdale Main Street Heritage Conservation District Plan as the district plan for the Parkdale Main Street Heritage Conservation District, attached as Attachment 5 to the report (May 24, 2022) from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning.

3. If there are any appeals to the by-law under Section 41 of the Ontario Heritage Act, City Council direct the City Solicitor, together with the City's outside counsel and any other appropriate City staff and/or outside consultants to appear before the Ontario Land Tribunal to defend the by-law.

Pourya Nazemi, Planner, Heritage Preservation, Urban Design, City Planning and Megan Albinger, Planner, Heritage Preservation, Urban Design, City Planning gave a presentation on Designation of the Parkdale Main Street Heritage Conservation District Plan under Part V of the Ontario Heritage Act.

This report recommends that City Council designate the area referred to as Parkdale Main Street as a Heritage Conservation District ("HCD") and adopt the Parkdale Main Street (the "District") HCD Plan by by-law under Part V of the Ontario Heritage Act. The designation of Parkdale Main Street as an HCD and adoption of the HCD Plan will manage change within the District to conserve the area's cultural heritage value through the implementation of contextual policies and guidelines.

The study of Parkdale Main Street for designation as an HCD was led by Heritage Planning staff and was initiated in 2015 on Council direction. The Parkdale Main Street HCD Study process and the HCD Plan have been prepared in accordance with provincial legislation and Heritage Conservation Districts in Toronto: Procedures, Policies and Terms of Reference.